Creative Essay

The general argument made by Gerald Graff in his work “Clueless in Academe How Schooling Obscures the Mind” is an evaluation on students and their ability to write- and to state their elaborate points on themes, criticism, and reflection-in a scholarly way that maintains and correlates their level of education over to a work of writing. Furthermore, he elaborates by stating that in using a template the student will demonstrate an ability to write in a scholarly way. Graff also argues that…

own success seems an unintentional perk. In contrast, my writing habits are comparably selfish, dealing more with personal entertainment and satisfaction than finding and pleasing an audience. Not only has this been a result of my preference for creative writing over academic, but also my tendency to let the speed of my thoughts overtake that of my hand. Despite my previous instructors providing me with a new version of the same paper mold each year, all my writing pieces have mostly taken…

This article is, in my opinion, an example of how personal narrative can sometime confuse the author’s purpose. In order to frame her arguments she discussed her experiences with her family, and specifically how she was born a twin to a stillborn sister. She explains her families lack of coping and how her family effected her life, but I failed to focus on the overarching idea that she wanted to get out because of how distracting the stories from her personal life are. Instead found myself…

Plagiarism and Fallacies Many people discredit the music genre of “mash-ups” from being an actually genre on the grounds that a mixer is using other people’s work. Mixing is actually a widely practices art form of music that in certain circles is in fact recognized as an art form. If much of the public stays close-minded on those who use other people’s music to create a new sound and only consider them to be plagiarists, this genre of music won’t be able to go anywhere. If mixers they are…

company of those with whom one shares common interests. It is much easier to talk about ideas and relate them to multiple events to form a large and detailed picture. In short, the writing workshops to me have been a haven for the nurturing of my creative thinking skills that I have found to be extremely helpful in improving my writing…

article titled “Why downt you riyt back to me?” by Kathryn Pole, focused on ideas on how to encourage young students to become good writers. In the article kindergarten teachers expressed their struggles of teaching their young students how to become creative writers. The lesson plans that they were currently using were lacking comprehensive skills for their students. All the teachers from the article decided to develop a different procedures to teaching writing lessons. The main lesson focus…

own personal narratives because to shows them that the teacher is human too, all while giving a personal example of what theirs should model. After sharing this with students, I would include the Sharing Folder activity. Many students love being creative and going outside the boundaries of typical pre-writing. With a Sharing Folder or something similar, students can refer back to those vital moments that they might want to write about. I also would include the sensory detail activity. While…

apprehensive about contorting my creative writing to fit poetic devices instead of writing in prose. The last time I had been in a poetry writing class was in middle school, and I was worried that this semester I would sound like an angsty teen spewing words every which way and cramming them with forced rhymes to fit the prompts. I was also wary of sharing my failed poetry with a classroom of my peers, but after being around their positive energy from the creative prose portion of this class, I…

get the recognition that they deserve but I love how you Enlighten us on all aspects of writing. just like James Baldwin and Stacey Richard people who push the envelope when it comes to being creative in their writing. all the I maybe starting mechanic issue you have given me an outlet to really be creative with my writing and something I 'll never forget. this course has told me to always push myself to make the best product possible by asking any opposing questions that may appear when the…

dance like a maniac whenever I hear a good jam come on, and no it does not matter where I am. Drawing animals, dancing to music, and my passion for creating fictional stories has followed me all the way to adulthood. I believe I’ve always been a creative thinker but theres one thing in my childhood that most definitely instilled a love and appreciation of the arts…